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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 690C · Peoria, IL · February 19, 1996

Date: February 19, 1996 · 15:43 local
Place: Peoria, IL
Airport: Greater Peoria
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N600BM
Reported as: Gulstm 690C
Reported engine: Garrett TPE33110
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,740 total3,200 in this make and model86 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable reduce power left engine at FL300. Shutdown. Landed. Unable to find cause of problem. Bird strike not cause. (-5) on 2-19-96, on a maintenance test flight to check the operation of both engines, a climb to 31,000 feet was performed to verify the engines would maintain full power. The attempt to reduce power resulted in the pilot being unable to reduce power on the left engine. The pilot shut down the left engine and landed at Greater Peoria regional airport without further incident. An emergency was declared, and no injuries to the pilot and two passengers occured. Maintenance personnel could find no discrepancy or cause for the inability to reduce power on the left engine. The fuel controls for both engines were removed and sent to the manufacturer for analysis.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE REDUCE POWER LEFT ENGINE AT FL300. SHUTDOWN. LANDED. UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. BIRD STRIKE NOT CAUSE. (-5) ON 2-19-96, ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT TO CHECK THE OPERATION OF BOTH ENGINES, A CLIMB TO 31,000 FEET WAS PERFORMED TO VERIFY THE ENGINES WOULD MAINTAIN FULL POWER. THE ATTEMPT TO REDUCE POWER RESULTED IN THE PILOT BEING UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED AT GREATER PEORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS OCCURED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD FIND NO DISCREPANCY OR CAUSE FOR THE INABILITY TO REDUCE POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE FUEL CONTROLS FOR BOTH ENGINES WERE REMOVED AND SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANALYSIS.